Pedestrian dead after being struck by vehicle in Germantown

A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a vehicle last night.

Damien Anthony Denning, 47, was crossing the traffic lanes of Route 355 just north of Scenery Drive in Germantown when he was struck by a Chevrolet Malibu.

Denning was transported to Suburban Hospital where he later died. The driver of the Chevrolet, James Wesley Ford, 52, was taken to Holy Cross Germantown with non-life threatening injuries.

The collision remains under investigation. Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to contact the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 240-773-6620.